FINDING AID

AUBURN UNIVERSITY SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT

Guide
to theDonald
Piper Papers, RG 402

Listed by: Catherine
ConnerDate: November 1999

Date Span:March 1951 – June 1951

Size of
Collection:8 file folders

Biographical
Sketch:Private Donald Piper, 188th Infantry Division,
Company “C” and 11th Airborne Company, joined the U.S. Army to
fight in Korea, but reoccurring asthma attacks and a compound fracture to his
right leg landed him in the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, army hospital for his
entire service career. Piper was discharged in June 1951 and never
served in Korea.

Scope / Content:Piper wrote over 50 letters to his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Piper of Ithaca, New York while he served in the U.S. Army. He
provides an insightful account of army hospital life.